ANT Telecommunications Limited
Overview
ANT Telecom was the first company to provide an Ex-approved DECT base station in the UK. Special, intrinsically safe solutions are an everyday requirement from ANT Telecom. And applications are wide-ranging such as Ex-approved lone worker alarm systems, messaging/ texting, paging/PMR and cordless DECT 'phones. And the chances are that whatever your requirement actually is, we've had a similar request and provided a solution. Furthermore, handsets can be integrated into your existing PBX in order to improve site-wide communication.

"ANT Telecom designed, installed and now maintain an integrated PBX, DECT and lone worker alarm system with over 1000 ports. They provide Celanese Acetate Ltd with a dedicated, polite and efficient helpdesk, contactable, professional and very friendly pre- and aftersales customer care and excellent handset maintenance service. They continue to help Celanese stay in touch with new developments within communications."
Technical Lead, Celanese Acetate Ltd

Case study
ANT launches UK's first intrinsically safe DECT base station

  • Ex-approved product offers highly flexible communications capabilities for use in hazardous environments, such as petrochemical plants
  • Comprehensive range of compatible handsets includes the only Ex-approved model on the UK market with vibrator call alert

ANT Telecommunications has launched an intrinsically safe DECT base station to facilitate low-cost cordless communications in hazardous environments, such as petrochemical plants and refineries. The company believes that its new RBS 492 DECT (digital enhanced cordless telecommunication) base station is the first in the UK to be certified under ATEX 100a Directive 94/9/EC as suitable for use in potentially explosive atmospheres. ANT Telecom already supplies EX-approved industrial DECT handsets as part of the communications systems it produces for use in hazardous environments. The ability to now be able to place DECT base stations within hazardous areas will enable the company to provide customers in the petrochemical sector with total site communications facilities, offering seamless communication between all the people on the site, as well as connection to the public telephone network. The improved efficiency of a DECT system compared with a conventional radio system will offset the cost of installing this technology.

The RBS 492 DECT base station is completely self-contained, comes equipped with antennae, and is suitable for use outdoors as well as indoors. Any number of base stations can be used to secure the network coverage needed for a particular installation; the DECT protocol is specifically designed to support a pico-cellular network structure to facilitate local roaming. Powerful dynamic channel selection and allocation techniques are employed to ensure seamless hand-over from one base station to another, as a user moves in and out of range. The entire system operates in the licence-free 1880 to 1900MHz band. These attributes - together with the fact that the base stations are line powered and can be placed exactly where they are needed - simplify network implementation significantly, enabling ANT Telecom to quickly configure high-quality cordless communications systems for virtually any environment.

As a specialist communications solutions company with a particular expertise in systems for process monitoring and safety applications, ANT Telecom already supplies a range of Ex-approved DECT handsets that are compatible with the new RBS 492 base station. Several of these handsets incorporate 'lone worker' features such as emergency call keys, and offer text messaging facilities that can be used as part of a fully integrated process - or site-monitoring system. The range also includes the only Exapproved DECT handset on the UK market with a vibrator call-alert function.

Messaging and texting
Messaging and texting can be an efficient way of communication and in noisy environments it can be essential! Pre-programmed responses can be time saving, efficient and accurate - and normal voice communication can still be used on the same handset.

Process Monitors
A warning message can come from a machine as well as a member of staff and the message can be sent to more than one handset. A process monitor in the palm of your hand can minimise production down time.

Alarms
Building alarms can be linked to the communication system alerting key staff to important situations. Staff working alone or in hazardous

environments need the protection of a lone worker alarm system - this can be as simple as a check-call which needs acknowledgement.

Security guards can get immediate notification of alarms - even if they are in a remote location and can't here the siren.

For help choosing the right product:
Please call 01494 833100
or email us at info@anttele.com

or download literature here

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Lone worker protection
ANT Telecom provides a comprehensive range of lone worker alarm solutions. Our applications are suitable to meet customers' requirements ranging from a single user upwards and across all market environments. These include for example safeguarding personnel working alone in hazardous processing plants, laboratories / offices to healthcare staff visiting their patients at their homes. We can also provide suitable solutions for temporary or contractor workers while on your premises.

DECT Protection
DECT provides mobile voice communication for both commercial and industrial environments and is an effective medium for handling lone worker and plant process and building management alarm information. Alarms go to the right person or response team wherever they are on site immediately when an event occurs. Handset users can contact each other, make and receive calls to telephone extensions and external numbers if permitted. Emergency features include push button and / or automatic tilt switch / no motion sensor for man down alarm. Importantly, DECT can dramatically improve the efficient use of manpower on site.

Paging Protection
The ANT OCP Security Radio Paging System provides radio coverage across the site via its central base station system and effectively integrates a mix of both text and two-way speech pagers. The system also provides a platform for lone worker and site management alarms.

GSM S Wide Area Lone Worker Solution
These lone worker handsets work off the GSM mobile network (O2, Vodafone etc) and therefore no system infrastructure is required. They come with different levels of lone worker protection features including push button, man down tilt and no-motion sensors. The handset user has access to contact up to 2 pre-set numbers e.g. control operator and security and can receive incoming calls.

Safety Call System
Our Safety Call System is designed for lone workers using the company's existing desktop, DECT, and mobile GSM telephones.

Private Mobile Radio with Man-Down features
ANT Telecom partner PMR designer and Manufacturer Entel, to provide a wide range of radios for environments such as Land, Marine and ATEX rated areas. Entel can boast manufacturing one of the smallest radios in Europe, almost half the size its competition and provides safety features that protect staff working alone.

For help choosing the right product:
Please call 01494 833100
or email us at info@anttele.com

or download literature here

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Paging and PMR
OCP radio paging system
The OCP radio paging system is an alphanumeric information and paging system, which takes into account all the demands on today's on-site communication technology. Its strength lies in the transmission of text messages, which can be entered in various ways. Messages entered manually and pre-programmed messages are both transmitted in a matter of seconds, maintaining system availability at all times.

Personal Security & Lone Worker
In the event of an accident in a dangerous working environment, an emergency call can automatically be triggered by sensors, e.g. in case of a fall or unconsciousness. However, the user can also raise the alarm himself with the emergency signal key.

ANT Paging Handsets
The design of our top system for on-site communication provides almost unlimited flexibility and can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of any company or institution.

For help choosing the right product:
Please call 01494 833100
or email us at info@anttele.com

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Cordless DECT telephones
DECT systems provide the complete wireless communication solution as it offers many more features and functions than any other wireless platform.

The ANT DECT systems provide a fully integrated communication solution allowing users to make and receive both internal and external calls anywhere on site. Users can also receive plant process, disaster and building management alarm information on their mobile DECT handset, immediately an event occurs, anywhere on site. Furthermore, DECT handsets are available that are fitted with panic, tilt and no-motion sensors that immediately alert other team members of an accident on-site, even if the user is rendered unconscious.

A summary of our DECT Systems functions are highlighted below:

  • A complete, seamlessly integrated communications package
  • Speech - person to person / groups of users / conference calls
  • Links to the site telephone system for immediate accessibility
  • Man down alarms that include general location information
  • Manufacturing process or disaster alarms as they occur
  • Alarms that are received by the right person or response team - guaranteed
  • Alarm event / audit trails for analysing team response performance
  • Modular system design to accommodate future growth and expansion
  • ATEX approved handsets available for gas and dust environment

Benefits of implementing a single wireless communication infrastructure:

  • Streamlines communications in and across departments by replacing multiple fragmented wireless systems
  • Reduces the administration, rental and maintenance costs by replacing multiple systems
  • Reduces delays as staff can respond more quickly to events as they occur
  • Reduces call back costs
  • Reduces the risks to lone workers
  • Increases staff moral
  • Increase staff efficiency and effectiveness  Increases productivity

For help choosing the right product:
Please call 01494 833100
or email us at info@anttele.com

or download literature here

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DECT base station
ANT Telecommunications' intrinsically safe DECT base station can provide low-cost cordless communications in hazardous environments, such as petrochemical plants and refineries.

The new RBS 492 DECT (digital enhanced cordless telecommunication) base station is the first in the UK to be certified under ATEX 100a Directive 94/9/EC as suitable for use in potentially explosive atmospheres.

The ability to offer a DECT base station within hazardous areas will enable customers in the petrochemical sector to benefit from total site communications facilities, and seamless communication between all the people on the site, as well as connection to the public telephone network. The improved efficiency of a DECT system compared with a conventional radio system will offset the cost of installing this technology.

The RBS 492 DECT base station is completely self-contained, comes equipped with antennae, and is suitable for use outdoors as well as indoors.

Any number of base stations can be used to secure the network coverage needed for a particular installation; the DECT protocol is specifically designed to support a pico-cellular network structure to facilitate local roaming. Powerful dynamic channel selection and allocation techniques are employed to ensure seamless hand-over from one base station to another, as a user moves in and out of range. The entire system operates in the licence-free 1880 to 1900MHz band. These attributes - together with the fact that the base stations are line powered and can be placed exactly where they are needed - simplify network implementation significantly, enabling ANT Telecom to quickly configure high-quality cordless communications systems for virtually any environment.

For help choosing the right product:
Please call 01494 833100
or email us at info@anttele.com

or download literature here

Back to product map

Alarm integration
Messaging and texting can be an efficient way of communication and in noisy environments it can be essential! Pre-programmed responses can be time saving, efficient and accurate - and normal voice communication can still be used on the same handset.

Process Monitors
A warning message can come from a machine as well as a member of staff and the message can be sent to more than one handset. A process monitor in the palm of your hand can minimise production down time.

Alarms
Building alarms can be linked to the communication system alerting key staff to important situations. Staff working alone or in hazardous

environments need the protection of a lone worker alarm system - this can be as simple as a check-call which needs acknowledgement.

Security guards can get immediate notification of alarms - even if they are in a remote location and can't here the siren.

For help choosing the right product:
Please call 01494 833100
or email us at info@anttele.com

or download literature here

Back to product map

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